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Re: General Film Chat

Olli — Mon, 9 Nov 2026 15:12:14 GMT

Author: Olli

Posted: 11/09/2026 20:12

Olli wrote:

It's now the end of October and I've managed to find 8 more films from this year that I like... my current top 20:

Very good:

1. The Odyssey
2. Project Hail Mary
3. I Love Boosters
4. Coyote vs. Acme

also good, but... :

5. GOAT
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
7. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
8. The Invite
9. Crime 101

It's okay:

10. Therapy Done Right
11. The Bride!
12. Masters of the Universe
13. Facing El Chapo
14. The Last House
15. Rosebush Pruning
16. The Rip
17. Rose
18. Wuthering Heights
19. The Storm
20. Yellow Letters

I've now reached my top 30 list of films I like for 2026. My 10 new films in this list are shown in bold...

Very good:

1. Wildwood
2. The Odyssey
3. La Bola Negra
4. Project Hail Mary
5. I Love Boosters
6. Digger
7. Coyote vs. Acme
8. Resident Evil

also good, but... :

9. GOAT
10. Remarkably Bright Creatures
11. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
12. The Sheep Detectives
13. The Invite
14. Crime 101
15. The Drama

It's okay:

16. Therapy Done Right
17. Send Help
18. The Bride!
19. Masters of the Universe
20. Facing El Chapo
21. The Last House
22. They Will Kill You
23. Rosebush Pruning
24. The Rip
25. Rose
26. Wuthering Heights
27. The Storm
28. Yellow Letters
29. The Birthday Gift
30. War Machine

Re: General Film Chat

Hayden — Fri, 6 Nov 2026 22:00:43 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/07/2026 03:00

La Bola Negra good

yes

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:33:16 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/28/2026 16:33

I went to the movies last night, could have seen any new release. But nope, I went with Ken Russell's The Devils, a controversial 70s cult historical horror. The film was deemed so inappropriate in 1971, they had to cut a lot of footage out. Yet in the final dying days of Warner Brothers before the merger with Paramount Skydance was finalized, WB gave the film a 4K restoration and released the original director's cut in theaters 55 years later. Thank you, Warner Brothers. If Digger and a 4K director's cut of The Devils are your last two creative offerings, you have gone out with style. As for the movie itself, it's wild, edgy, creepy, disturbing, etc. It felt like a Buñuel movie in theme, but way more daring and over-the-top in content and direction. The Devils is also thought-provoking. Its theme on religion isn't surface level 'Catholicism = hypocrisy.' There's a bit more to it. Anyway, The Devils served as yet another reminder of why I prefer past cinema to present, and why I currently prefer re-releases on the big screen to new releases. That said, I'm down for a movie poll here, but not 2026. Something else, please.

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:40:39 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/25/2026 23:40

My most recent theatrical re-release was Pan's Labyrinth. 20th anniversary, got to see it on the big screen. I was skeptical going in. I hadn't seen it in over a decade, forgotten most of it. Meanwhile, GDT has gone down in my estimation. His movies haven't been impressing me for a long time. Therefore, I worried Pan's Labyrinth wouldn't hold up as well. I'm glad my worries were unfounded, as the movie is probably even better than I had recalled. Why GDT has never made another film nearly as good as PL is anyone's guess. Closest one I can think of is Devil's Backbone, good movie but not in the same realm as PL. The captain has to be one of the all-time great movie villains. Every scene he's in brings a nervous tension along with it. Perfectly played by Sergi López, whom I didn't realize before also played the father in Sirat, a very different role to say the least.

Re: General Film Chat

Olli — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:36:58 GMT

Author: Olli

Posted: 10/25/2026 23:36

Olli wrote:

It's already the end of September. Time to start thinking about the best movies of 2026.

I currently have a top 12: https://boxd.it/UU9Jw

Very good:

1. The Odyssey
2. Project Hail Mary

also good, but... :

3. GOAT
4. Remarkably Bright Creatures
5. The Invite
6. Crime 101

It's okay:

7. The Bride!
8. Masters of the Universe
9. The Last House
10. Rosebush Pruning
11. The Rip
12. Wuthering Heights

Re: General Film Chat

BozoTyrannus — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:19:27 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 10/23/2026 23:19

Wildwood is easily my #1 movie of the year so far, and it'll be an utter miracle if anything half as good comes along in a good long while

Re: General Film Chat

mickilennial — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:11:14 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/16/2026 02:11

I don't like using IP in a shallow way. It tells fans there isn't actually respect for the series they care about. I don't find most of your argumentation sound, either, as someone who has played every single Resident Evil game in the franchise (even the crappy handheld games).

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:35:18 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/16/2026 01:35

mickilennial wrote:

Quote:

The brief shot of a typewriter, and the mentions of Umbrella and Raccoon City.

These felt like shoehorned references that weren't used in a meaningful way to me.

They are indeed shoehorned, and I found they weren't meant to be meaningful. They were just quick nods to the games, nothing more.

mickilennial wrote:

Quote:

Why aren't they well-liked? Why aren't people comparing them to this reboot?

Because outside of the first two films they are not films with much substance.

None of them are films with much substance.

mickilennial wrote:

Quote:

The previous RE movies try too hard to be like games...implausible over-the-top action, little character development, lots of world-building, generally boring stoic energy, etc.

You mean the games that have constantly used mood and character development with characters that are more than stoic? What are you talking about?

I'm talking about the flaws of the other RE films. I'm talking about how some aspects of the games don't translate well when adapted to cinema. I didn't get the impression from RE 1-5 the playable characters had much of an arc, or depth. And it's not like they had a wide range of emotions outside of reacting to their situations. I mean, they're videogame characters. The few times they "act" during the games were in the tedious, wooden cut scenes, which frankly I wanted to skip most of the time (especially the PS1 titles). Granted maybe this has changed in the more recent games and the remakes. I saw of the gameplay on YouTube, and if I'm not mistaken they added backstories to some characters and made the cut scenes more realistic and cinematic.

mickilennial wrote:

Quote:

This film works because it's primary objective is to be a movie

You could remove "Resident Evil" from the branding and change little to nothing from this. That's a problem.

Agree to disagree but I don't think that's a problem at all. I like the idea of a Resident Evil game series and movie series that share little in common, play to the strengths of their medium, and are both quite enjoyable in their different, respective ways. Unless you're saying the problem is the movie even had the "Resident Evil" branding to begin with, as a criticism against the film industry overusing pre-existing IPs. In which case, yeah I understand that. But I still liked this movie a lot.

Re: General Film Chat

mickilennial — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:01:18 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/15/2026 23:01

Quote:

and threw them all together

See, this is one of the things I did not care for. This is early in the Outbreak, we shouldn't have these kind of BOWs yet.

Quote:

The brief shot of a typewriter, and the mentions of Umbrella and Raccoon City.

These felt like shoehorned references that weren't used in a meaningful way to me.

Quote:

Why aren't they well-liked? Why aren't people comparing them to this reboot?

Because outside of the first two films they are not films with much substance.

Quote:

The previous RE movies try too hard to be like games...implausible over-the-top action, little character development, lots of world-building, generally boring stoic energy, etc.

You mean the games that have constantly used mood and character development with characters that are more than stoic? What are you talking about?

Quote:

This film works because it's primary objective is to be a movie

You could remove "Resident Evil" from the branding and change little to nothing from this. That's a problem.

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:23:20 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/15/2026 18:23

I loved the games. I played 1-5 before adulthood kicked in and didn't have enough free time to keep up with videogames thereafter 😕 Still I saw the nods and homages to the games. The brief shot of a typewriter, and the mentions of Umbrella and Raccoon City. My favorite homage to the games was the weapons. He begins with a pistol he took from the cop, then finds a shotgun in the rural home, and finally has an automatic rifle when he gets to the city. And of course, the shotgun itself is nowhere near the ammo, because gun safety is important that's kind of how the games go. Anyway, it seems like nobody has been addressing the fact seven RE movies came before this one. Why aren't they well-liked? Why aren't people comparing them to this reboot? I think it's because there's not much of a comparison. The previous RE movies try too hard to be like games...implausible over-the-top action, little character development, lots of world-building, generally boring stoic energy, etc. That works for videogames because your experience as a gamer is simply just surviving and riddle-solving, while the story and characters are secondary. But in movies, stories and characters come first, and Zac Cregger understood that. This film works because it's primary objective is to be a movie, not a movie based on a game. He chose not to have any named characters from the games in the movie. He chose not make the main character a badass who already knows how to use whatever weapon you hand him, who shoots his/her way through hordes of monsters and treats it like a random Tuesday. Instead, the new RE is simply about a random dork caught in the midst of a zombie outbreak. His acting feels natural. And man, this movie is laugh-out-loud funny. It's more of a comedy than a horror. Go see it

Re: General Film Chat

LedZep — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:32:33 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 10/15/2026 05:32

As a fan of the games as well, agreed. It was good-ish. I actually really like the way Cregger's taken the RE world, Racoon City setting and various zombies (mostly from RE 4) and threw them all together while making a coherent story and (what's less important to me tbh) stayed true to the lore. The costumes, props and CGI were excellent. I also loved the way guns were handled in this movie, finally a movie which actually resembles a survival horror game and a real life situation. Various fun camera angles and generally camera work which tried to replicate the gaming feeling worked like a charm. Humour was fine, most of the jokes landed, but it was excessive overall. The fatherhood themes were shoehorned in imo and didn't really connect with anything else thematically, except maybe the maternity ward sequence (which was the coolest setting in the movie, it's a shame it was somewhat underutilized). I'm still not too sure about the ending either.

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:34:15 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/15/2026 04:34

mickilennial wrote:

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil was... okay. Decent. As a fan of the games and horror cinema I was kind of mixed on it. I don't like some of Cregger's changes and some of the decisions, but it is enjoyable. Go see it. 8)

I already have, and had a great time! Not my #1 film of the year by any stretch, but possibly the one I most thoroughly enjoyed.

Re: General Film Chat

mickilennial — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:58:07 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/14/2026 23:58

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil was... okay. Decent. As a fan of the games and horror cinema I was kind of mixed on it. I don't like some of Cregger's changes and some of the decisions, but it is enjoyable. Go see it. 😎

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:22:35 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/14/2026 04:22

Hayden wrote:

CA Dreamin wrote:

mickilennial wrote:

CA Dreamin wrote:

Digger

Is it worth seeing?

Totally! It's what cinema should be...ambitious, thought-provoking, well-shot and well-acted, multi-layered, multiple themes, open to multiple interpretations, etc. Personally I was mixed on it. And the film has been divisive. However, that should not stop anybody from seeing it and deciding for themselves.

I'm looking forward to seeing it, quite a bit—
Anything this divisive and ambitious is always worth watching—

You think Cruise'll land Best Actor?

I hope he gets nominated at the very least.

Re: General Film Chat

Hayden — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:01 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/14/2026 04:00

CA Dreamin wrote:

mickilennial wrote:

CA Dreamin wrote:

Digger

Is it worth seeing?

I'm looking forward to seeing it, quite a bit—
Anything this divisive and ambitious is always worth watching—

You think Cruise'll land Best Actor?

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:06:10 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/14/2026 00:06

mickilennial wrote:

CA Dreamin wrote:

Digger

Is it worth seeing?

Re: General Film Chat

mickilennial — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:41:01 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/13/2026 21:41

CA Dreamin wrote:

Digger

Is it worth seeing?

Re: General Film Chat

CA Dreamin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:24:50 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 10/12/2026 22:24

Digger

Re: General Film Chat

Applerill — Thu, 1 Oct 2026 17:35:05 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 10/01/2026 21:35

Here’s my top 40 of the year so far (of the 75 or so features I’ve seen). I’ve seen a lot of extraordinary stuff so far, but I’lll admit that i‘ve been more underwhelmed by stuff I’ve seen the past month or so.

https://boxd.it/SMNZU

Re: General Film Chat

Olli — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:52:38 GMT

Author: Olli

Posted: 09/23/2026 18:52

It's already the end of September. Time to start thinking about the best movies of 2026.

I currently have a top 12: https://boxd.it/UU9Jw

Very good:

1. The Odyssey
2. Project Hail Mary

also good, but... :

3. GOAT
4. Remarkably Bright Creatures
5. The Invite
6. Crime 101

It's okay:

7. The Bride!
8. Masters of the Universe
9. The Last House
10. Rosebush Pruning
11. The Rip
12. Wuthering Heights